Object Pascal <-> FreeBASIC | Explicit conversion to 8-bit integer
Object Pascal  Used keywords: shortint 
shortint
Description
 shortint (expr)Input
- expr - Any
Output
- return - 8-bit integer
Examples
Object Pascal
Explicit conversion to 8-bit integer the possible of use:xmin := -128; ymax := 127;
x:= -5;           // x = -5
y:= -(15 mod 4);   // y = -3
y := shortint((x * y));    // z = 15.
FreeBASIC  Used keywords: cbyte 
CByte
Description
 CByte (expr)Input
- expr - Any
Output
- return - 8-bit integer
Examples
FreeBASIC
Explicit conversion to 8-bit integer the possible of use:xmin = -128
 ymax = 127
Dim x As byte= -5           ' x = -5
Dim y As byte= -(15 mod 4)   ' y = -3
y = CByte((x * y))    ' z = 15You can find it in the following collections: explicit type conversions
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